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1 SCERSIG: Creating Android Apps with App Inventor 26 October 2011 Ric Paul, Health Services Library, Southampton

2 Options for Creating Apps Apple ◦ iOS SDK Windows ◦ Visual Studio Android ◦ App Inventor ◦ Developer’s Toolkit

3 App Inventor: Getting Started Install software Internet connection But… don’t need an Android phone

4 Dunechaser Robban Andersson App Inventor Any other mobile programming language

5 www.appinventorbeta.com/about Google login + internet required

6 App Inventor Simple, low-tech approach to programming Free to use – but software installation required Tutorials available on the site Tutorial videos on YouTube

7 Design your interface on this screen Open the Blocks Editor to edit code

8 Interface Design Drag and drop components onto the screen image Edit component names and initial status Choose from a range of components – buttons, text objects, social media tools, etc.

9 Connect from here to a phone or emulator to test

10 Blocks Editor Drag containers for each component onto the surface Plug actions, events & properties into the container No formal programming is required

11 Finalising Apps Finished app can be installed on a phone directly or via a QR code Distribute the app via the QR code – or upload to Android Market A tool like Marketizer can help ◦ www.taiic.com/marketizer www.taiic.com/marketizer Apps can be updated later – users will be alerted that an update is available

12 Downsides App Inventor apps are large files – there’s nothing you can do to reduce them This is an Android-only product – there’s no equivalent for iOS or Windows Mobile App Inventor is no longer supported directly by Google


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